Sentences with phrase «heroin addiction crisis»

One big headline item: the new CDC report finding that the opioid and heroin addiction crisis is fueling a massive surge in hepatitis C cases.

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President Donald Trump revealed his new plan to combat the opioid crisis on Monday in New Hampshire, a state hard - hit by painkiller and heroin addiction and overdose in recent years.

Sen. Martin Golden on Friday apologized after he was criticized for saying in an interview that heroin is not a «ghetto drug» and suggesting the opioid addiction crisis was impacting upper income people.

Senator Phil Boyle, Chairman of the Senates Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, said, Todays bill signing demonstrates what government can do when working together to confront a crisis.

As people continue to die from heroin and opioid addiction in central and northern New York, communities like Oswego County are offering new treatment programs to combat the crisis.

Republican Assemblyman Dan Stec calls Albany's failure to act on ethics reform and heroin addiction a «self - inflicted crisis» by state officials.

A new limit on the amount of opiates a physician can prescribe at once is among a handful of changes lawmakers plan to make in an effort to combat the state's ongoing heroin and opioid addiction crisis.

President Donald Trump called heroin and opioid addiction a crisis and health emergency, but fell short of committing new money to combat the problem.

On Tuesday Governor Andrew Cuomo (D - NY) announced the appointment of a task force aimed at ending what he called a crisis of heroin and opioid addiction plaguing families and communities in New York.

«Expanding this training beyond law enforcement is crucial, because the heroin and narcotic addiction crisis isn't going away anytime soon.»

«At a time when we are experiencing an unprecedented addiction crisis, and given the reality that Suffolk County leads the State of New York in heroin overdoses, the thought that the District Attorney may have spared drug dealers in order to protect corrupt politicians is beyond horrifying,» said Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi (R - Islip).

Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed a task force aimed at ending what he called a crisis of heroin and opioid addiction continuing to plague families and communities in New York.

The State Senate Task Force on heroin & Opioid Addiction have issued a 4 - part plan to combat the crisis in New York State.

Nor will another trending topic of drug addiction hurt the chances of Heroin (e), which not only deals forcefully with the much talked - about opioid crisis, but also does it by focusing on the heroic efforts of three women leading the charge in West Virginia.